Ted Turner Biography
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Salary
Gods and Generals (2003): $636
Trivia

Born at 8:50am-EST

Founder/owner of CNN, WTBS, TNT, and other media properties.

Announced plans to donate $1 billion to the United Nations over a 10-year period. [18 September 1997]

Managed the Atlanta Braves for one game in 1977 (he lost).

Attended Brown University, but left before graduation.

His father committed suicide in 1959.

Former son-in-law of
Henry Fonda; former brother-in-law of
Peter Fonda.

Founded WTBS "Superstation" cable network in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in 1970.

Was the skipper of "Courageous," the boat that won the America's Cup in 1977, the most prestigious event in yachting.

Is the largest private landowner in the United States with about 1.75 million acres in New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. His ranch empire, based in Montana, raises bison.

Was the creator of World Championship Wrestling, which began competing with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation on Monday nights.

Former owner of the MLB's Atlanta Braves, NHL's Atlanta Thrashers & NBA's Atlanta Hawks. They are now owned by Time Warner.

With the merger of his company with Time-Warner, and that company's merger with America On-Line, he has become vice-president of AOL Time-Warner, the largest multi-media conglomerate in the world.

Created the children's cartoon show "Captain Planet" as a way to educate kids about the negative effects of pollution. Turner was angered for so long about the effect the population had on the Earth, so he created the TV show hoping to let the next generation be more aware of the problems that people cause.

His cable television networks include Superstation WTBS, various international versions of Cable News Network (CNN), CNN Headline News, CNN Financial, Turner Network Television (TNT), Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Cartoon Network.

On 29 January 2003, he announced he would resign from his position as Vice-President of AOL Time Warner. In November of 2001, Turner told cable television executives that he felt sidelined by AOL Time Warner when he was replaced earlier that year as head of Turner Broadcasting Systems.

Once stated on 'Larry King Live' that he regretted fathering more than one child, due to his belief that the world is overpopulated.

Former uncle of
Bridget Fonda and
Justin Fonda.

Received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College in 2001.

Served as best man at
Larry King and
Shawn Southwick's wedding

Built his Turner Network from one modest Atlanta television station once known as WTCG Channel 17, and now known as the Super Station. From this one small station, which specialized in reruns of TV series, old movies from the "Golden Age of Hollywood", and original programming, he expanded into CNN and eventually created the television channels Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies and Turner South.

In March 2001, sold World Championship Wrestling to his competition the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). WWF used the brand in their programming for less than a year before retiring it.
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